Pen Argyl Area High School - Memoirs Yearbook (Pen Argyl, PA)

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Mr. Toth gives Janice Eichlan a few last-minute pointers before her first driving lesson. In the gym or onthe highway Students Learn Dexterity No doubt many people wonder how a person can gather up enough courage to sit beside a student who is behind the wheel of a car for the first time. That's ex- actly what a few of our outstanding teachers do, day after day. Driver training begins in the school parking lot, driving around cones and trying to leave a few standing. After the trainee has mastered the parking lot, he is turned loose to drive on the same roads on which the public drives. Finally, after parallel parking without running down any posts or curbs, the student takes a driving test to exhibit his newly acquired skills. Required of every student in the school is Phys. Ed. twice every week. During those inspiring periods they may shoot baskets, spike volleyballs, bat baseballs, or sometimes swing like Tarzan from a swinging rope. No wonder Pen Argyl students are in such excellent physi- cal condition.

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,H J L. TOP - Debbie Lobb, Mary Jo Policelli and Sharon Weidman apply the finishing touches to a Home Ec. project. ABOVE - The art room is always a busy place. Scott Caesar is oblivious to our camerman as he works intently. As various points ofculture develop S eb' Expression Needed In countless ways these intellectual artists and musi- cians transmit their talents to everyone at P.A.H.S. A student may wish to cut, hammer, and glue together an uoriginaln, or he may combine his talents and draw a French horn or bassoon. Another desire may be to di- rectly force air into a musical instrument until a pleas- ant sound is produced. Whatever the skill of a particu- lar student is, one may be sure that he expresses his feelings and emotions to the fullest, thereby receiving the greatest possible pleasure from them. ABOVE: Neil Holland, Mary Ann Washburn, and Chris Nolf, find there is more to music than listen- ing. LEFT: Kevin Duvall is one of 37 students receiv- ing instrumental music les- sons during the day.

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The best time ofday begins When Classes End i' L :L gsgzfri: ' I will be a flower girl at the wedding and give the groom an iron tooth pick. Could you see Iohn Ewald as a flower girl at Linda Herd's wedding? Never fear, it is true that our schol- ars have to leave their day time work: however, there is plenty of homework to keep them busy all night. All seri- ousness aside, the night life provided by our school is invigorating and en- joyable, too. Immediately following school may be play practice, or any number of activities. After the sun sets, the school is sometimes packed with fans for a basketball game or wrestling match. Special occasions such as the Valentine's Dance draw crowds of students who look forward to less light and less noise. No matter what happens during the hours after school, everyone rises early the next morning to continue his daily sched- ule of impounding more facts into his brain and drawing more wise conclusions.